The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-07-10

the Legislature shall receive for their
services compensation to be liked ey
law, and no increase of such COM
pensation shall take effect during the
term for which the members and OH
GERS of either house shall have Deeh
elected.
SEC. "a. Every bill passed by the
legislature shall be presented to tle
governor. If he approve it, he snan
sign it, whereupon it shall become
law; but if not, he shall return it, win
his objections, to the house in winch
it originated, which house shall cause
such objections to be entered upon ltS
journal, and proceed to reconsider IL.
Ii, after such reconsideration, 1t again
pass both houses, by a vote OF two
thirds of the members elected to each
house, it shall become law, notWlGn-
standing the governors objections. Ii
any bill shall not be returned within
ten days after it shall have been pre-
scented to MIN, Sundays excepted, ex-
elusive of the day on which be rece1V-
ed 1.-THE same shall be law in like man
ner as if he had signed it, unless the
legislature, by it's final adjournment,
prevent such return, in which case 1t
shall not become law unless the gov
ernor, within ten days after the ad
journment, shall file such bill, with his
approval thereof, in tie Office of the
secretary of STATE. Provided, That
every general appropriation bill shall
be presented to the Governor at least
five days before the day of final ad-
| journment, and in case he vetoes the
same in whole or IN part, he shall re-
turn it with his objections to the whole
or to the separate items of which he
may disapprOve, not less than two
days before said final adjournment,
whereupOn each house shall proceed to
consider his objections to the whole or
| to the separate items of which he may
| disapprove, and any item not receiving
the necessary two thirds vote shall
| not become law.
ARTICLE v.-EXECUTIvE DEPART
MENT.
| SEC. 1. The supreme executive pow
er OF this State shall be vested in u
Governor.
SEC. >. The Governor shall be elected
| by the qualified electors at the time and
places of voting for the members of
| the legislature, and shall hold his Office
for the term of two years, from and
| including the first Monday in Decem-
Der next succeeding his election, and
until his successor shall be qualified.
SEC. 8. No person shall be eligible
to the Office of Governor who is not q
qualified elector, and VINO, at the
time of such election, has not attained
the age of twenty-five years, and who,
except at the first election under this
constitution, shall not have been a
citizen resident OF this State for TWO
years next preceding the election.
SEC. 4. The Governor shall be COM |
mander- in chief of the military forces |
of fhiG State and NAV nc II ont GGna
to execute the laws, suppress insur- |
rection and repel invasion; and when |
the Governor shall, with the consent of |
the legislature, be out of the State in |
time of war, and at the head of any |
military force thereof, he shall con- |
tinue commander in chief of the mill |
tary forces OF the State.
SEC. D. He shall transact all eXecu- |
tive business for and in behalf of the |
State, and may require information in
writing from the officers of the eXeCu-
tive department, upon any subject re-
lating to the duties of their respective
offices.
SEC. 6. When any Office shall from
any cause become vacant, and no mode
is prescribed by the constitution or
laws for filing such vacancy, the Gov
ernOr shall have power to fill such
vacancy by appointment, which shall
expire when such vacancy shall be
filed by due course Of law.
SEC. I. He shall see that the laws
are faithfully executed.
SEC. s. The Governor may, on extra
ordinary occasions, convene the legis-
lature by proclamation, and shall state
to both houses when organized the
purpose for which they have been con-
Vened.
SEC. 8. He shall communicate by
message to the legislature, at every
regular session, the condition of the
State, and recommend such measures
as he may deem eXpedient.
SEC. 10. The Governor shall have
power to grant reprieves, commute
lions and pardons, after conviction, of
all offenses except impeachment, sab
ject to such restrictions and regula-
lions as are named in this Constitu-
ton, or as may be provided by law.
SEC. II. a Lieutenant Governor shall
be elected at the same time and places
and in the same manner as the Cover
nor, and his term of office and his eli
gibility shall also be the same. He
shall be the president of the senate,
but shall only have a casting vote
therein. In case of impeachment of
the Governor, or his removal from
office, death, Inability to discharge the
duties of said office, resignation, or
absence from the State. the powers and
duties of the Office shall devolve upon
Governor for the residue
Of the term, or until the disability shall
cease; and in case of the disability of
both the Governor and Lieutenant
the powers and duties of the ,
shall devolve upon the Sec
rotary of State, until such disability !
shall cease, or the vacancy be filed.
SEC. y. A Secretary of State, a !
Treasurer, an Auditor, Surveyor
General, and an Attorney General, :
shall be elected at the same time and !
places and in the same manner as the
Governor; the term of office of each
shall be the same as is prescribed for
the Governor. Any elector who, $
except at the first election, shall have I
resided in this State two years next
such election, shall be eligi-
bic to any of said offices, except the :
Secretary of State, whose qualifi-
cations shall be the same as those of s
the Governor.
SEC. Is. There shall be seal of the 8
State, kept by the Secretary of State, a
which shall be called the "Great Seal
Of the State of Utah"
SEC. Il. All grants and commissions
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